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1 Oct, 2008

Agile Framework for Managing and Measuring Enterprise Business Intelligence

01 October, 2008

Karthikeyan Sankaran

Data Warehousing

To be agile, business intelligence and analytics systems need frameworks and metrics to enable stable evolution. Introduction Enterprise Business Intelligence and analytics solutions are complex implementation efforts because of the Develop – Support (Growth-Sustain) cycles followed concurrently. Every enterprise wide BI system continuously evolves over a period with new business functionality

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1 Oct, 2008

Dimensional Data Modeling Fact Qualifier Matrix

01 October, 2008

Pete Stiglich

Data Warehousing

Fact Qualifier Matrix capabilities can be expanded to improve the value of conformed dimensions in business intelligence and analytics systems Introduction The venerable Fact Qualifier Matrix (FQM) has been a tool long used for demonstrating for dimensional models how fact and dimension tables intersect to ensure that dimensional models are conformed. A key principle of dimensional modeling is th

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1 Jul, 2008

Global Project Management Office Implementation Part 3

01 July, 2008

Waffa Karkukly

Project Management

Project Management Office (PMO) implementations require four elements to ensure successful planning, execution and measurement of the PMO function Introduction There are four elements that help organizations and individuals working in a Project Management Office (PMO) to establish assessment criteria, prepare for execution, develop an action plan, and measure the benefits of a global project manag

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1 Jul, 2018

Data Security or the Ethics of “Inappropriate Curiosity”

01 July, 2018

James McQuade

Organization

Ethical challenges to data usage can arise from many sources, including "inappropriate curiosity." All organizations should enforce good ethical data management behaviors. Introduction Early reports have been disheartening. Several contractors for the Federal Government Department of State have been disciplined and dismissed for “inappropriate curiosity” over data held in their charge. What we

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1 Oct, 2007

Global Project Management Office Implementation Part 2

01 October, 2007

Waffa Karkukly

Project Management

Challenges to Project Management Office (PMO) implementation can be addressed by following best practices and proven techniques Introduction Creating and designing (planning) a Project Management Office (PMO) is half of the work - seeing it through (executing) is the work itself and it is a very important component for any newly established PMO. Furthermore, understanding the challenges that sur

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1 Jul, 2018

Project Risk Assessment in Uncertain Organizational Climates

01 July, 2018

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Project Management

Project risk assessment and management are important project management activities. All project managers should assess risk for every project and manage it appropriately. Introduction Risk assessment is often one of the most neglected yet most important areas of project management . This is largely because many project managers have not taken the time at the onset of the project to properly assess

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1 Jul, 2007

Global Project Management Office Implementation Part 1

01 July, 2007

Waffa Karkukly

Project Management

Global Project Management Office (PMO) development and implementation requires planning and support to ensure successful implementation Introduction There has been a growth in the Project Management Office (PMO) market and PMOs seem mushrooming everywhere in every organization. The good news is it is about time the PMO function started to take a prominent role within the various industries and a

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1 Apr, 2007

Benefits of an EIM Initiative

01 April, 2007

Michael F. Jennings

Data Management

Through the development of an enterprise information management program, organizations can realize many business benefits and manage data as an asset. Introduction More and more companies are coming to the realization that an Enterprise Information / Data Management (EIM) initiative provides a critical foundation that is essential to meet today’s many business challenges. A fundamental asset o

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1 Apr, 2007

Performance Benefits of Surrogate Keys in Dimensional Models

01 April, 2007

Pete Stiglich

Data Warehousing

There are many benefits to implementing surrogate keys in a dimensional model design for a data warehouse data model Introduction There are many reasons for implementing surrogate keys in Dimensional Models (enterprise data modeling) such as insulating dimensions from changes to source systems and enabling historical versioning of dimension members. However, query performance in the data warehouse

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1 Oct, 2006

Data Governance Maturity Overview

01 October, 2006

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Data Governance

Using a data governance maturity model to assess and continually measure the performance of the data governance program can give any organization tactical and strategic benefits. Introduction Generally, data governance is a long-term strategic initiative, but data governance can also deliver short-term, tactical benefits. The need for both strategic and tactical approaches to data governance con

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